Milk-bottle carrier and opener



Sept. l1, 1923. 1,467,613

M. DVORSHAK MILK BOTTLE CARRIER AND OPENER Filed Feb. 27. 1922 Mike L LDvnrhak f4 f. 3mm

. UNITEDl MIKE J. DVOR-S-HAK, 0F EVERETT WASHINGTON.

MILK-BOTTLE CARRIER AND OPENER.,A

Application filed February 27, 1922; Serial No. 539,681.

To all whom t may. concern,

Be it known that I, MIKE J.

a citizen of the United States,

DvonsHAit, residing at Everett, in the county of Snohomish and 5 Stateof Washington, have invented 'certain new and useful-Improvements 1nMilk- Bottle Carriers and Openers, of which the following is aspecification.

This inventionrelates to 'improvements in bottle carriers.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a novel type ofbottle c arrier, having a. cap or stopper extracting member mountedthereon and adapted for cooperation therewith in permitting removal of acap or stopper of the article the bottle carrier is mounted.

A further object of the invention is the upon which provision of a noveltype of bottleV carrier adapted for detachable engagement about the neckof the ordinary milkbottle for easy transportation of the same.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a novel type ofmilk bottle cap extracting member.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing detailed description.

In the accompanying drawing, formingwa part of this speci'cation, andwherein similar reference characters designate correspending partsthroughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved bottle carrier and capextractor, showing the same in operative relation to an ordinary milkbottle.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the improved bottle carrier andopener. l

Figure 3 is a plan view, partly in scction, showing details of theimproved article carrier.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown thepreferred embodiment of my invention, the letter A designates an articleto be carried, such as an ordina-ry milk bottle.` having the improvedbottle carrier and opener B adapted for use in connection therewith,said device B including the bottle carrier and cap extractor member D.

portion C,

,The bottle A is of the ordinary milk bottle type, although theprovision of the milkA bottle carrier in connection with-other devicesto be `transported is contemplated, v since the same is, of course,susceptible of embodiment in various forms. the bottle A comprises theneck portion 10,v enlarged head 411 formed upwardly there from toprovide the shoulder 12, such as found upon ordinary milk bgottles. Thevordinary type of paper sealingy cap or stop per 13 may be provided,inwardly of the top of the head 11, as in the ordinary type of milkbottle.

The article carrier member C is preferably formed of a single strand ofresilient wire, bent to provide aneck engaging portion'1 5, vand a bailportion 16. The neck ei'igagingportion 15,'is preferably bent in annularmanner to provide a splitring having one end thereof provided with anenlarged eye 17 to form an abrupt seating shoulder 18. A relativelystraight portion 19 extends for a short distance from the' eye 17, fromwhich thearcuation of the neck engaging portion 15 commences. The ringshaped neck portion 15 is crimped in substantually U-shaped manner,diametri-k cally opposite the end 17rof the neck portion, tofprovide thesubstantially U-'shaped crimp 2() extending outwardly in radial' manner,`as is clearly illustrated inl Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings. Thestrand -of wire, of which the article C is formed,

integral with'the neck engaging portion 15, sincefthe entire member C isformed of a single strand. In order to veffectv such construction, thebail yrri'eniber 16 is bent up.

55, However,

wardly in a plane substantially at right angles to the plane defined bythe neck engaging portion 15, and from the looped end 22; said bailportion. 16 providing a substantially U-shaped arrangement, whereby anend 24 thereof is hooked in fixed manner above the outermost portion ofthe U-shapled crimp 2O above described. In this relation of the neckengaging portion 15 and bail 16, a fixed jaw 25 is providedat thatportion of the bottle neck engaging portion which is fixedly attached atits ends to the ends of the bail portion 16. @n the other hand, the

segmental part 26 of the neck portion 15v upon the free `end of which isdisposed the eye 17, acts as a closure jaw, so to speak, and

the milk bottle A so that the said portion 15k is snugly disposed aboutthe yneck 10 of the bottle A, and adapted for engagement under theshoulder portion. 12 thereof to facilitate x transportation of thebottleA. In this relation of the device to the bottle A, the eyed end 17engages outwardly from the bent shoulderl portion 22, and whereby theshoulder 18 engages thereagainst, to securely attach the member B tothebottle A.

Referring now tothe cap extracting device D, the same is formed of a`Single piece of wire, and is provided vupon one end with a relativelylarge loop 30 enclosed labout the bail kportion 16r of the member' B andfreely adjustable and movable thereabout. A relatively straight portion31 extends from the loop 30 being of a sufiicient length to effect a capor stopper operation upon the bottle A, without detachment of the memberB from the bail 16. The extreme end of the straight portion 31 is bentoutwardly at an acute angle to the run thereof'to provide a shoulderportion 32 having the relatively straight pointed end 33 extendingoutwardly therefrom, and which is preferably inclined from the shoulderportion 32 slightly toward the run of theV portion 31.

In operation, theV article carrying portion C is attached to the milkbottle A or other article, as above described.` When it is desired toextract the cap 13 of the bottle A,

` the operator merely has to grasp the looped end 30 of the extractordevice D', andv by piercing the cap 13, and slightly moving the same,the shoulder portion 32 may engage beneath the inside 'surface of theAcap 13 and by exerting a slight upward pull, the cap 13 .will beextracted from the bottle A, and be supported upon` the extractor deviceor member D due to the shoulder 32 which l Y rEhe substance withinthebottle A can be readily used, without` is, formed thereon.

detacliing the extractor device D from the bail 16, since, as canreadily be seen from Figure 1 of the drawings, the same supports the cap13 from the article carrier member B, as is shown in the dotted lines.

It is to be noted that the extractor device is permanently attached tothe carrier member C by reason of the 'factthat the same is looped aboutthe bail'member 16, and can only travel about this bail member 16; beingeven retained upon the member B when the jaw portion 26 is opened, sinceby reason of the fixed javi/'portion 25, the extractor device D ycannotbe detached from the member B. Thus,`the cap extractor device D willalways be readily accessible.

From the foregoing, it can be seen that a novel type of milk bottlecarrier has been provided having a cap removing device c0- operativelyassociated therewith.

Various changes lin the shape,l size and arrangement of p'arts to theimproved deviceherein shown'and described, mayv bemade without departingfromfthespiritzofthe in' vention or the scope of the claims.

1 claim:

1. In a device of the class described,l the combination of an articlecarrying Imem.- ber, and a stopper extractor movably mount'- ed uponsaid article carrying member whereby the same may be utilized for'A ex?tracting a stopper from the article being.

carried, without detachment of the same from said article carryingmember.

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination of an article carrier including a bail portion, 'and a capextracting member movably mounted upon said bail por'- tion andadapted'for ,cooperation vtherewith in extracting and supporting aV capfrom the article being carried.

3. A milk bottle carrier and capsrextractor comprising a portion forattachment. about the neck of a milk4 bottle and a bail portion forextension upwardly from the top of said bottle, and an extractorinclud-f ing a loop ,movably and adjustably engag-VV ingabout said bailandhaving a cap inserting end thereon, whereby the extractor may beutilizedwhen in its position upon;

the bail for cap extracting purposes.

4. In a device of ythe class described, the

combination with a milk. bottle includng a cap therefor, of a bottlecarrying member adapted for engagement aboutth'e neck of said bottle andincluding a bail upwardly' extending from the top of said bottle', andva cap extractor mounted upon said bail' inl cluding a relatively largeloop movably attached about said bail, andy havingv a` pointed endprovided with an abrupt'shoulder adjacent thereto', whereby theextractor may cooperate with the bailA member to permit a turn thereofwhen inserting the point#l ed end of said extractor into a millpbottlecap, whereby the abrupt shoulder may extend to engage beneath theinterior surface of the cap to permit extraction of said cap uponsliding of the extractor upwardly over the bail.

5. As an article of manufacture, a bottle cap extractor providing astraight stem portion having a pointed end in substantial alignment withsaid straight stem portion, said extractor upwardly of the pointed endbeing bent substantially at right angles `10 to the straight stemportion to provide a cap engaging and extracting shoulder.

MIKE J. DVORSI-IAK.

